Tag: Bobby Witt Jr.

Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. legged out MLB’s fastest inside-the-park home run since 2017 and it was awesome

Royals breakout Bobby Witt Jr. can FLY.

Even though the Kansas City Royals aren’t having the best season, emerging shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. continues to be a bright spot for the team.

The son of MLB veteran Bobby Witt, Witt Jr. showed off his blazing speed in a Monday night game against the Seattle Mariners.

Witt Jr. rounded the bases in a blistering 14.3 seconds, which the Royals say is the fastest any MLB player has gone from home plate to home plate since 2017.

Baseball players being able to run that fast are major assets to their teams, and Witt Jr. looks like one of the most ferocious baserunners in the league.

Like, my goodness. He’s just flying in that clip, further showing why the Royals were able to get a 7-6 win on Monday over the Mariners.

The future will be bright in Kansas City as Witt Jr. continues to grow into one of the MLB’s elite talents.

With baserunning like that, he might already be there.

Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr. replaces Bill Self as Chiefs’ drum honoree vs. Raiders

#Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr. is the new drum honoree for the #Chiefs’ Week 5 game against the #Raiders.

The Kansas City Chiefs appear to have a new drum honoree for “Monday Night Football” against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Originally, the Chiefs had scheduled KU men’s basketball coach Bill Self, but due to a scheduling conflict, they had to replace him. They didn’t have to look far for a replacement option, calling on their friends across the parking lot at the Truman Sports Complex.

The team announced on Monday afternoon that Kansas City Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr. would now be leading the pregame drum ceremony. It’s basically like the football version of throwing out the first pitch, so he should be plenty adept at getting Chiefs Kingdom fired up before the game.

 

Unfortunately, the Royals’ season is over after a last-place AL central finish, which means Witt Jr. has time to partake in the festivities at Arrowhead.

This marks the first time that Witt Jr. has been the drum honoree for the Chiefs. It’s also the first time a Royals player has served as the team’s drum honoree since Salvador Perez got fans going for the Week 5 game against the Buffalo Bills last season.

The drum ceremony should occur between the coin toss and kickoff. Here is the full timeline for tonight’s game, so you don’t miss a moment of the action:

            2:30 p.m. – Parking Gates Open

            3:00 p.m. – Ford Tailgate District Opens

            4:30 p.m. – CommunityAmerica Club Level Gates Open

            5:00 p.m. – All GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Gates Open

            6:15 p.m. – Team Warm-Ups Begin

            7:05 p.m. – Raiders Team Introduction

            7:07 p.m. – Chiefs Team Introduction

            7:10 p.m. – National Anthem

            7:13 p.m. – Coin Toss

            7:15 p.m. – Kickoff

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Harrison Bader rudely tossed Bobby Witt Jr.’s first-career MLB home run into the fountains

That’s cold.

Kansas City Royals rookie Bobby Witt Jr. came into the big-league club with as much hype as any prospect in recent years. But after a slow start, Witt went into Wednesday on an 11-game hitting streak in which he’s batting .342 over that span.

On top of that, the wait for his first Major League home run came to an end. The problem: Retrieving that baseball was more difficult than it should have been.

Witt put Kansas City on the board against the Cardinals with a solo home run in the second inning on Tuesday. The ball bounced back onto the field, which should have made matters simple for Witt. Cardinals outfielder Harrison Bader had other ideas.

Bader picked up the baseball, and instead of tossing it towards the Royals dugout for safekeeping, the dude just chucked the ball into the Kauffman Stadium fountains.

Of course, you could make the argument that Bader wasn’t aware of Witt’s home run drought. But I wouldn’t buy that because Bader fields his position based on scouting reports, and Witt’s homer drought wasn’t exactly an under-the-radar storyline in Kansas City. Plus, he could have just given the ball to a fan if he wasn’t aware of the milestone homer. Throwing it into the fountains takes intent.

So yeah, pretty rude on Bader’s part.

Thankfully, Witt was able to get the baseball and was a good sport about it being damp. Via the Kansas City Star:

“Yeah, I heard about that,” Witt said of the splashdown. “It got a little wet, but that’s cool. I can say it went in the fountains.”

Fans had plenty of thoughts on the fountain toss too.